numeric entities vs. character entities

[Kelly Zeng]

Hi,
I am using Xalan-Java version 2.3.1.  It looks to me that the html
output method outputs a character using a character entity reference if
one is defined in HTML 4.0.
Is there a way that i could ask Xalan to ouput numeric entities?  Lots
of our clients may use old browsers that don't understand character
entities standarized in HTML 4.0.

I would like to get &#8217, not &rsquo.


Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! THANK YOU!

:)Kelly